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I agree with Brenda because once the government controls media they will start to take over our privacy. I also agree that they would eventually get information of things happening around us.

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For how large our society is there is not much one can do on their own. An individual must use the way of the oppressor to gain power. Rally who they can, advocate their truth, and truly gain power themselves

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Can individuals change society?
I believe that any person has the capacity to change society because they will find a way no Mather what. I also think that individuals challenge them self more due to having no one ageeeing with them or supporting there decisions.
What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is the ability to do something. I think that power is obtained when they start enchanting the lives of others. Some people use power to make a difference or to benefit them.
Dangers of a gov controlled media ?
I feel that the government controlling  media can lead to disaster because they will take over our privacy. I feel that once they take over our privacy they will find a way to control our every day lives.
What can citizens do if power is being abused?
When power is being abuse by other I think that we could use social media to get out voices heard. I think that’s the easiest way to achieve making a change.

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The same way power is obtained by the backing of the people, it can also be revoked by the gathering of the people to fight back. Together there is so much more we can do to further progress ourselves without addition of one person to revert us all back. Collaboration is key

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A discredited free press is really the makings of a government similar to that of 1984. For the only news to come out of the government would just be complete means to propaganda, with nowhere else to go for information, the citizens can only cite one source making complete and total power in the mindset.

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Power is the ability to get things done without any questions. Power is gained through persuading with threats or with a reward at the end. Power is used to get what you want no matter is going to be at risk.

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When it comes to power its really a made up construct. For me it is more of a pursuing of something that is much bigger than you much like the people. With people to back you its either grounds for passion and understanding or either complete intimidation and submission. DIscrediting the media is one form of this climb to power. When you block all points of view but your own there is no room for free thought only control over the peoples mindset, making them believe anything which is terrible. The only solution is to make individualism be known, its highest combatant to a totalitarian government.

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I believe that when it comes to America’s government it was founded off the grounds of fighting for something you believe no matter it to be the law of the land. This has always been in the case of an abuse of power, there’s no need for complete conformity when the law is unfair. This case is much like before, Trump being the holder of the power and obviously taking it all to his head. From getting away from lies to taking from he American People he has done it all. For me his government shutdown to fund a wall was one of his worst cases, revoking money of hard workers and putting them through hardship.

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An abuse of power is when people take advantage of others.

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If a government controls media, people will be susceptible to brainwashing. It will take freedom away from citizens because their choices will be influenced.

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I agree with Oscar G, because if people were to work together, many more great things can be done.

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The danger of a government controlled media is propaganda. The government would be able to manipulate its citizens. Discrediting free press creates confusion and that is dangerous because people rely on it daily.

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Individuals can change society because that is who society consists of. People are followers and when one person makes a change, generally other people will follow.

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I believe that citizens have the power to change anything they propose themselves and that citizens should speak up and protest for what they want and not allow an individual to dictate what they should believe and do.

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Power is influence over others. Like in the video we watched, power is gained through certain techniques like whataboutism. People are not strong leaders on their own so they look for others to be in charge because of the responsibility it comes with.

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An example, for abuse of power, is how our president is manipulating the government by having the government shutdown, also trying to build the wall. The wall is only going to benefit the people who voted for him and he is not thinking about the other portion of people who are going to get affected by this.

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If power is being abused, citizens can fight back and that doesn't mean through violence. Ways to peacefully fight back is through protest and calling elected officials. They could also sign petitions or try to pass new bills depending what the situation is.

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I believe that power is the capability to change something in a small movement. Power is gained by what people believe and strageties they have to influence more individuals with their thoughts. Power is used for manipulation but it could also work for leading.

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I believe that individuals cannot change the society on their own, but they could influence others to their convenience and form more groups in his/her favor to the point where here moves are changing the people and what they believe. This could increase the power of the individual. ie; someone can said that a person stands for several things when in reality they don't, still they manage to get admired.

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Monse stated one individual can not change society and I agree with that. She stated that in order for change in society to be created, an individual must join a group with similar ideas to create change. I also stated the similar ideal that in order for social change to occur, individuals need to come together in order to work towards the same goal. Once citizens come together, that combined force could create change.

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If power is being abused, citizens can come together to form a plan on how to restore power to all. Citizens can also hopefully form protests if their government allows it. Power can be restored by the citizens by sticking together through the hardship of the abuse and overcome the wrongdoing of stripping power from citizens simply seeking change and equality.

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If the power is being abused, the citizens have the right to alter and to abolish anything that is abusing the power, but the citizens could get a group of people and protest and come in larger groups in order to make a change and to show that the problem affects several and probably this is going to change and the amount of people abusing the power would decrease.

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The dangers of a government controlled media is the very high risk of possible propaganda. The government is given a lot of power if they are able to control the media since most citizens tend to indulge in at least one form of media. The dangers of discrediting free press is creating confusion as to what is correct information and what is the so called, "Fake News". Discrediting free press blocks the option to receive accurate and unbiased information as well.

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I agree that at first maybe citizens will think that they can't change society. But how Laly was saying it is important to be persistent, to keep on trying. You are not going to get support by protesting once . You need to stay consistent and trust that others have the same thoughts and support you.

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Citizens can protest, and speak about the situation to others becuase there is always someone out there who agrees or who has gone through that situation. Speaking about power being abused is a big issue that everyone can relate to because everyone has had a person with higher power, like a boss.

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The dangers of controlled media by the government would be biased information. If the government controlled the media, they would be able to give us false facts, information, changing the way we think or believe, becuase us as young kids or even adults don't know the difference between fake news and real news

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Power is being able to impact and influence others or impacting events as well. Power is having control and being able to create change whether it be socially, industrially, or politically. There are various ways that power can be acquired such as establishing trust within citizens and creating a shared understanding of what each others goals are. P

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What constitutes an abuse of power is losing consideration for the lives that others live. An abuse of power is abusing the trust that people may have held in someone, and exploiting vulnerabilities when the people are most sensitive.

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I think power is having control of a situation whether it might be good or bad. I think power is gained from a variety of things. You can get power from money, eduction, personality, and even threats. Power can be used in evil ways or even to help the community. It all depends on how far your willing to go.

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I think what constitute as an abuse of power would be making bad decisions or morally wrong decisions with the power that someone has. For example, like when a boss tells the assistant to steal important paperwork, or else the boss will fire the assistant. This constitutes as an abuse of power because the boss is using their power to make a wrong decision.

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I believe that individuals can change society in a variety of ways. I believe that individuals can change society through means of social reform and informing other of issues currently going on. By individuals spreading awareness, this information could spark further movement towards a change in society. These individuals must also be consistent with their mission of creating change in a society that seems to constantly change.

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I totally agree with how the Kardashians are always on the news, we can instead limit their useless drama and talk about actual real life problems that are going on around us

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I believe individuals can change society. I believe that when an individual is different or has a different perspective, there is always someone out there who supports them or thinks the same way. When this happens, the society starts to feel open to the idea or exposed to new things that they never thought of. For example when a young latina women goes to college, coming from poverty and a community where students do not go to college, it changes the way other young latinas think about their future. It lets them know that they too can go to college, changing the way the society sees young latina women.

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the dangers of a controlled government media is that we will only be shown what they only want to show us. They will make us believe in specific things and no one  will question it since it is the media, something everyone basically looks up to. Although the problems of a discredited free press is that people will not know what to believe and referring back to "1984" they will start to believe two plus two equals five.

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At first, people might think they cannot make a change in society. Maybe it could take multiple tries and many obstacles thrown their way but it is possible to make a change. The hardest part is not giving up and standing your ground

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Something that counts for abuse of power is basically when someone only thinks about themselves and what would benefit them instead of what would benefit everyone like when Donald Trump ordered the Muslim ban, basically only his supporters and not even his whole party supported that

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If citizens come to the realization that someone is abusing their powers they need to come together as one and try to let their voices be heard. They might think it would be impossible to make a change but it could make a change and even make the person in power reflect on their behavior.

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I believe power is having the capability of acting a certain way, in order to gain it you have to dominate the "food chain." Power can be used in for better or for worst it just depends on whose hands it lands in and what their intentions are once they have power.

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I agree with Jasmine Z that the government controlling the news would be a bad idea because it would cause trouble to the people because they wouldn't know were to get their news from anymore. People as is lack of being informed and even more if the government would control news, many wouldn't trust the news anymore.

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The dangers of the government controlling the media is that in that case there will truly no real news. All news will be biased; swayed to the government favor. The danger of discrediting free press is that people will no longer know what to believe in and will make it hard for people to trust the news.

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Yes, an individual has the power to change society. It may be hard and take time ,but it's completly possible. Maybe the changes will be small at first ,but can grow throughout time. Something that someone can do is inform others that are not aware, whether that be socially or politically. You can inform people in order for their voice to be heard and unite them to organizations for there to be more voices speaking up.

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Some actions that can be taken by citizens if someone is abusing of power is that they can organize groups to rebel. If a majority of people are united they can overthrow one person.

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What constitutes of abuse of power is neglecting help to those who need it, for example, the actions the president in Venezuela is taking. An abuse of power can also be someone who is seeking their personal growth/benefit with the power they hold.

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The way citizens can abuse their power and change society would be by protesting and standing up for what they believe in. However this could go down a road in where they could use their power raise awareness or in the process they could use it for wrong doings.

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Power is having the ability to control others and influence their thoughts and actions. Power can either be gained by being honest and earring the respect of others by showing them your leadership abilities or by taking it by force and making others afraid of you and belittling them. Power can be used to help out society and providing them with assistance they need as a whole or for the sole benefit of the person who holds the power.

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Something that constitutes power is those who use that power to benefit themselves and take advantage of others

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I agree with Jasmine Z about how power is a way to manipulate people for your own benefit because when someone has power many people give them the reason to be right.

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If the media was controlled by the government it would be bias and the credibility would decrease.

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What citizens can do when there is an abuse of power is protest against it or raise awareness to everyone

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what constitutes the abuse of power is when there us unfairness in laws or bias in laws that should be equal to everyone

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I agree with Sayra that if someone has a greater understanding of a topic they’ll be able to gain power. For example, if two candidates are asked questions about a topic one candidate can have more knowledge which will lead to having more people vote for that person.

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I feel like it goes both ways about citizens speaking up when power is being abused as well as what constitutes an abuse of power in a way that a person takes advantage of power. Taking advantage of the power that you have constitutes the Abuse of it.

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Power is the ability to influence others and having the capability of acting as one desires. It is earned by leadership, hard work and sometime even by birth because if you were born in a royal or rich family you automatically have power on your hands. It could be used as a positive way to benefit the people around you or in a negative way to selfishly benefit yourself only.

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As I had stated before we as humans desire privacy with the government locking us away from will only create a horrible society in which one can not live in. Without people having any sort of knowledge of what truly going on will only create more havoc.

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I agree with Sayra with government controlling the media and not being able to have privacy and we would relate a lot to the novel of 1984 .

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Conflict of interest should constitute as abuse of power because instead of doing something for the good of America, the person with power will only do the activity for personal gain.

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Power is having control and influence over others. Power can be gained through elections with people voting for them. Power can be used for the greater good or for their own personal gain.

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If the government controlled the media then that’s propaganda. Citizens won’t have other news sources to rely on for the real truth and will have to believe whatever the government says. The dangers of discrediting the free press is that people will believe that factual evidence is false.

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I agree with Oscar Galvez, the government has the ability to change the way we see our daily sources of news. For example in George Orwell’s novel 1984, we see that the Party is changing the past to what they see is right, imprisoning people from the truth.

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Citizens can change society by drafting a bill and having it pass in the Senate and by the President but that is a very long process. This is one way citizens can change society.

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Citizens can call their representatives and address your issues. Then the representative will have to address the topic. Citizens can also protest in response to power being abused.

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I agree with Syra, with the government being in control of our own privacy is just a nightmare it would on worsen our society by creating insane people. We as humans desire privacy.

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I agree with Oscar Garcia,  that their is many people who has power and abuse it to attack the people that believed in them.

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If power is being abused citizens can speak up to raise awareness and have their voice heard. They can also start a protest ro show what they believe in.

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Individuals can change society since we do not have that mindset like others power, we know our own community very well. We can be able to find out the flaws and create a better society because that’s what many individuals can do, aslong as it is together.

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What I believe that can constitute an abuse of power is when power is being used to their advantage and benefits and is not thinking of others but themself.

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The dangers of the Gov controlling the media is they would be putting out fake news, they would only put out news that would make them seem that they are correct and show the good side of them not the actual side that they are doing bad things behind the scene. The dangers of discrediting the free press is people would believe that ever news that they say is fake and not true when in reality it is true and stating the facts.

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The danger of having the government control the media would be no one having privacy and being watched at all times. For example, the novel 1984 shows many ways on how they are being controlled.

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Citizen can protest, raise awareness, organize groups with others if they notice that power is being abused

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The danger of having the government controlling media it would leave us with no privacy and also it would cause for us not to trust and change the ways we get our news and get informed what is happening around us everyday.

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Power is to have control, they are many people who can have power and be trusted but there are also other individuals who choose abuse power. Sadly those who abuse it choose to attack their own citizens. Power can be gained by being a smart and charismatic individual, people with these traits will find it easy to gain others trust.

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A unlawful act constitutes an abuse of power and becomes visible to the public when news reporters provide information on in. Additionally, a person who over uses their power incorrectly for their own personal benefit.

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Power is the ability to control other people do achieve something you want them to do. Power can be gained by having a greater understanding of a topic. It is used to get what you desire for your own purpose.

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If power is to be abused citizens have the ability to protest and become one together, the majority have more power than those who abuse.

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power is used for both good or bad. It is gained when the person or people dominate over a group or show abilities that are required to survive.

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If power is being abused citizens can stand up for what is right and show their believes in many ways

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Citizens can practice protesting and make their beliefs heard.

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Individuals aren't able to change society in was that many people have different people have different opinions about how society should be. A person might be able to change society only if they have the power to do so.

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I totally forgot that people have the right to protest in America. I just straight to overthrowing the government.

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In order to change society individuals can use "power to the people" and speak up for what they believe till eventually they get there point across.

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Power is being a leader and having control. Power is gained by doing the right thing and others supporting your decisions. Power is used in good and bad ways but usually it's used to influence others in a positive way.

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For us in America it's our constitutional right to overthrow the government if it becomes unbalanced and abusive. As for other places without this right, the most they are able to do is start a revolution and hope others follow along.

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Individuals can't change the society but they can make a difference in a good or bad way in the society.

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Citizens can practice protesting if power is being abused; meaning that they can work to stand up for their own beliefs. Clearly checks and balances are not being followed if the Government ever abuses of their power and unfortunately there are multiply cases in which they have done so.

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I agree with Isabel about how if the Government were to control the media it would be bias and the information we are given would be altered.

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For me the only thing that constitutes an abuses of power is if the country is in crisis wIth no other way to turn. If this abuses of power slaves lives of the citizen and possible those from other countries is the only time I would want an abuses of power. Power should not be used for selfish reasons.

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The government controlling the media is like controlling one's thoughts and speech. They are using propaganda to brainwash people and they would gain too much power. Discrediting free press is taking away a major tool to remain aware of the problems around us.

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Power is having the ability to do what you want without anyone or anything to stop you. You gain power by others having your back through everything. Power can be used in different ways in good ways by helping others out or in bad ways by using the power for your personal advantage

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I do believe that individuals have the ability to change society for better and for worse. An example if the Kardashians, they are so problematic to the point where they will always be news about them. Instead of News ourtliest speech about important topics they instead uses their energy to focuses on the Kardashian. Which means the public are less informed about pressing matters.

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What constitutes an abuse of power is when a person uses power for their own personal gain and benefits. This means they would not care for the good of the people therefore would act selfishly.

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The dangers of a Government controlling media are extremely bias. Reason being is because there would be more controversy between both the Republic and Democratic parties. They would each post individual information that would only benefit them and not both. The dangers of discrediting free press involve going against the first amendment and there would only be one side to information.

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What citizens can do if power is being abused is raise awareness, volunteering in groups or programs that believe in the same things you do.

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Individuals can not change society only if they have enough power. If an individual does not have enough power they must join a group to have enough voices and make a change.

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Something citizens can do if power is being abused is to protest and be more involved in our society

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Individuals can change society, they way they do it is by protesting in what they believe is right.

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I agree with Carla because as a citizen, one does not have more power than a leader. However, citizens can protest with marches and let their voice be heard by actually trying to make a difference in society.

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What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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If power were to be abused, citizens could begin protests to come together and stop the power abuse.

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Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangerous of discrediting free press?

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Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangerous of discrediting free press?

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If the gov were to control the media, there would be no privacy and brainwashing. If the press were to be discredited, it would affect many people because the press is the way in which we all can inform ourselves about what happens around us. Also we would have no one to trust in or believe.